This was my entry for a creative writing contest in Galaxy, an intra-college cultural festival. The task was to write a poem such that the first letters of the lines spelt out QUINTESSENTIAL POEM. Also, no line could have more than 6 words. There was no restriction on style or meter.
Quickly he dashed under the branches,
Under verdant bushes and grasses tall,
In rapid pursuit the law's arm.
Never having taken the fall
The killer absconded without fear.
Every virgin would tremble and say
'Slippery Sam is near!'
Slippery Sam murders night and day
Each virgin corpse he takes away.
Ninety has he butchered till date.
They preyed and preyed for revenge:
'Isis, please doom his fate!'
At last Sam kidnapped Penelope,
Laughing, thrust the dagger inside her.
Penelope, Isis's biggest devotee, was unscratched.
'Oh, you heathen mangy cur!
Every virgin's prayer answered,' she said.
'Monsieur, you are already dead.'
